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An adaptation strategy to urban heat: hospital rooms with radiant cooling accelerate patient recovery.

Christina HoffmannUta LiebersPhilipp HumbschMarija DrozdekGeorg BoelkePeter HoffmannAdrien HolzgreveGavin C DonaldsonChristian Witt
Published in: ERJ open research (2021)
The results indicate that a radiant cooling system in hospital patient rooms provides clinical benefits for patients with respiratory disease exacerbations during the warm summer months, which may contribute to an earlier mobilisation. Radiant cooling is commended as a suitable adaptation strategy to reduce the clinical impact of climate warming.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • healthcare
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • heat stress
  • climate change
  • adverse drug
  • emergency department